The NBA's All-Star Weekend is mostly just a 72 hour party with some "basketball" thrown in there to give everybody a break from partying, but some important business is conducted too. Perhaps the most important is the National Basketball Player's Association (NBPA) meeting, which happens every All-Star weekend as it's… »2/14/15 5:50pm 2/14/15 5:50pm

Michele Roberts's pitch to NBA players was simple: "My past," she said during her interview, "is littered with the bones of men who were foolish enough to think I was someone they could sleep on." If any NBA owners were still sleeping on the new head of the NBPA, they'd best stay woke from here on in. Because going by… »11/13/14 9:35am 11/13/14 9:35am

Kevin Johnson has made very clear the NBPA's stance on how the league should handle Clippers owner Donald Sterling. "They want the most severe sanctions that are allowable under the NBA guidelines," Johnson said today on CBS This Morning. But what exactly is allowable? »4/28/14 9:11am 4/28/14 9:11am

Of course, it's not representative of a real computer error; just a human failure to make a labor agreement that would provide professional basketball to a fan base that is growing more and more impatient and resigned to the fact that we may, very well, be without a season this year. Thus: »11/14/11 8:35pm 11/14/11 8:35pm

Today is last day the NBA lockout can end without missing games. Too bad. The lockout isn't ending, despite the social media screeching of various union members. The NBPA thankfully has retweeted much of that screeching solidarity. Here's how we classify it. »10/10/11 3:05pm 10/10/11 3:05pm

Here's a photo of some NBA players who spent the day getting thrown up against a wall by David Stern. We'll save our discussion of BRI split for another day. For now, I'd like to draw your attention to the man in the hipster-snug flannel shirt, Baron Davis, looking very much like the lost black member of Fleet Foxes. »9/30/11 7:55pm 9/30/11 7:55pm